EP2351100A4 - NANOSTRUCTURED DEVICES - Google Patents

NANOSTRUCTURED DEVICES

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Publication number: EP2351100A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: nanostructured devices; nanostructured; devices
Prior art date: 2008-11-14
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP09826444.3A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2351100B1 (en

EP2351100A2 (en

Inventor

Brent A Buchine

Faris Modawar

Marcie R Black

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Advanced Silicon Group Technologies LLC

Original Assignee

Bandgap Engineering Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2008-11-14

Filing date

2009-11-16

Publication date

2016-05-11

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2009-11-16 Application filed by Bandgap Engineering Inc filed Critical Bandgap Engineering Inc

2009-11-16 Priority to EP20150280.4A priority Critical patent/EP3664158A1/en

2011-08-03 Publication of EP2351100A2 publication Critical patent/EP2351100A2/en

2016-05-11 Publication of EP2351100A4 publication Critical patent/EP2351100A4/en

2020-01-08 Application granted granted Critical

2020-01-08 Publication of EP2351100B1 publication Critical patent/EP2351100B1/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2029-11-16 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10F10/00—Individual photovoltaic cells, e.g. solar cells
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10F77/00—Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass
- H10F77/10—Semiconductor bodies
- H10F77/14—Shape of semiconductor bodies; Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of semiconductor regions within semiconductor bodies
- H10F77/146—Superlattices; Multiple quantum well structures
- H10F77/1465—Superlattices; Multiple quantum well structures including only Group IV materials, e.g. Si-SiGe superlattices
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10F77/00—Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass
- H10F77/10—Semiconductor bodies
- H10F77/14—Shape of semiconductor bodies; Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of semiconductor regions within semiconductor bodies
- H10F77/143—Shape of semiconductor bodies; Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of semiconductor regions within semiconductor bodies comprising quantum structures
- H10F77/1437—Quantum wires or nanorods
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10F77/00—Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass
- H10F77/10—Semiconductor bodies
- H10F77/14—Shape of semiconductor bodies; Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of semiconductor regions within semiconductor bodies
- H10F77/147—Shapes of bodies
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10F77/00—Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass
- H10F77/70—Surface textures, e.g. pyramid structures
- H10F77/703—Surface textures, e.g. pyramid structures of the semiconductor bodies, e.g. textured active layers
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10F10/00—Individual photovoltaic cells, e.g. solar cells
- H10F10/10—Individual photovoltaic cells, e.g. solar cells having potential barriers
- H10F10/14—Photovoltaic cells having only PN homojunction potential barriers
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
- Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy

EP09826444.3A 2008-11-14 2009-11-16 Nanostructured devices Active EP2351100B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
EP20150280.4A EP3664158A1 (en)	2008-11-14	2009-11-16	Nanostructured devices

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

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US11489608P	2008-11-14	2008-11-14
US15738609P	2009-03-04	2009-03-04
US25041809P	2009-10-09	2009-10-09
PCT/US2009/006119 WO2010056352A2 (en)	2008-11-14	2009-11-16	Nanostructured devices

Related Child Applications (1)

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EP20150280.4A Division EP3664158A1 (en)	2008-11-14	2009-11-16	Nanostructured devices

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2351100A2 EP2351100A2 (en)	2011-08-03
EP2351100A4 true EP2351100A4 (en)	2016-05-11
EP2351100B1 EP2351100B1 (en)	2020-01-08

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EP20150280.4A Pending EP3664158A1 (en)	2008-11-14	2009-11-16	Nanostructured devices

Family Applications After (1)

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EP20150280.4A Pending EP3664158A1 (en)	2008-11-14	2009-11-16	Nanostructured devices

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US (4)	US8450599B2 (en)
EP (2)	EP2351100B1 (en)
JP (1)	JP5612591B2 (en)
KR (1)	KR20110098910A (en)
CN (1)	CN102282679B (en)
AU (1)	AU2009314576B2 (en)
CA (1)	CA2743743A1 (en)
DE (1)	DE20150280T1 (en)
ES (2)	ES2774714T3 (en)
IL (1)	IL212825A0 (en)
PT (1)	PT2351100T (en)
WO (1)	WO2010056352A2 (en)

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